Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHURCH OF A DREAM; TO BERNHARD BERENSON, by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sadly the dead leaves rustle in the whistling wind Last Line: Melancholy remembrances and vesperal. Subject(s): Churches; Cathedrals | ||||||||
Sadly the dead leaves rustle in the whistling wind, Around the weather-worn, grey church, low down the vale: The Saints in golden vesture shake before the gale; The glorious windows shake, where still they dwell enshrined; Old Saints by long-dead, shrivelled hands, long since designed: There still, although the world autumnal be, and pale, Still in their golden vesture the old Saints prevail; Alone with Christ, desolate else, left by mankind. Only one ancient Priest offers the Sacrifice, Murmuring holy Latin immemorial: Swaying with tremulous hands the old censer full of spice, In grey, sweet incense clouds; blue, sweet clouds mystical: To him, in place of men, for he is old, suffice Melancholy remembrances and vesperal. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VIRGIN IN GLASS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 3. FEEDING THE RABBITS by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR EXPLICATION OF AN IMAGINARY TEXT by JAMES GALVIN DOMESDAY BOOK: FATHER WHIMSETT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HALF-AND-HALF by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE AT THE CHURCH DOOR by GEORGE SANTAYANA BY THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES AT CHARING CROSS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON |
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